Entourage: Let's Blog It Out

I was tempted to give every New York City scene and reference Writer Props this week. But then I'd be guilty of that East Coast media bias people love to talk about. And I'd be found guilty of an even greater charge of "thinking like a New Yorker."

But once the phone sex scene between Turtle Sal and Jamie-Lynn Sigler arrived, I put all that aside. Turtle using his mother's land line to talk naughty with his girl Jamie-Lynn and getting caught doing is exactly why we love "Entourage."

Well played, Mr. Ellin. Well played.
Victory

Turtle deleting all logs

We've all been there, in that groggy state of "I'm still asleep but for some reason I answered the phone."

We're our most honest, natural selves at that point. So when Jamie-Lynn Sigler called Turtle at 4 o'clock in the morning, it came as no surprise to see Turtle be his usual smart-ass self.

"Are you sleeping?" Sigler asked.

"No, I'm fly-fishing," Turtle responded.

Props to whichever suggested fly-fishing as the activity of choice to use in that situation. Absolutely hilarious. Go ahead and try to substitute another action in its place that would be as funny.

"No, I'm walking the dog."
"No, I'm swimming naked in the lake with Drama."
"No, I'm cooking a peanut butter and jelly calzone."
"No, I'm washing my car in the rain."

See, fly-fishing was the perfect choice. Well played.

Any doubt as to who Sloan was referring to when she told E that her boyfriend was working and that she broke up with him a few months ago?

Clearly, she was talking about E.

It was further solidified the way she paused when E told her he was engaged and getting married in June.

Nice touch keeping that potential storyline open. Of course, I'm totally biased given my predisposition to loving Emmanuelle Chriqui.

This week's race for Writer Props was over mad early. Jason Patric stole the weekly crown when he met Vince for the first time.

Patric claimed he was offered "Aquaman 2" then said he was kidding. He nailed the WP when he delivered this gem: "Sequels, water? C;mon, my friend, that's not for me."

Hello, genius "Speed 2: Cruise Control" reference. Well played, writers. Well played.

Putting the guys in coach (except for Turtle) on the flight back from Hawaii flowed well with the "Vince is struggling" theme of the season thus far.

Putting Johnny Drama in between a large Hawaiian man and a crying baby in coach flowed well with the "Subtle but hilarious" theme of Writer Props thus far here at "Entourage: Let's Blog It Out."

Raise your hand if you've been in that position. Seriously, though, can you remember the last time you were on a plane and a crying baby wasn't within two rows of you?

I'm wondering who drew those stick-figure sketches of E having sex with that ultra-tall model that Turtle flashed at the bar.

Either way, they were hilarious. For those of you who have the episode on their DVRs and TiVos, or can watch it on demand and have the ability to pause, please do so when this scene comes up. It's worth studying the outrageous "to scale" renderings.

Perhaps Writer Props should be called Artist Props this week.

I, like a good portion of Entouragers out there, hated Dom when he was first introduced as a new character.

Of course, that's what the writers wanted us to do.

When I saw in the coming attractions last week that he had a guest spot this week, I nearly canceled my DVR recording. But alas, his "Silent stream" line in the bathroom to E was subtle and hilarious, the two qualities needed for Writer Props.

My first thought in terms of Writer Props was to immediately give the title to revelation of Eric Roberts as the shroom supplier of Hollywood.

But, seriously, is that so over the top to believe? You've seen "Best of the Best" so you know what I'm talking about. Plus, whacked-out actors and drug trips aren't so new to "Entourage," re: Val Kilmer the sherpa.

Rather, this week's Writer Props goes to he or she who decided to make E take his shroom trip through a peanut butter and mushroom sandwich, followed by a bout of not being able to talk.

Hilarious decision-making. It's like when I was a kid and my dog was sick. He would spit out the pills from the vet ... until we hid it inside a doughnut. After that, my dog loved doughnuts!

The morning hangover scene to start the episode rang a few bells in my rolodex of life experiences. No doubt you felt that same sting of a morning gone wrong after a night that went so right (or so wrong).

But it was another alcoholic endeavor that scored this week's Writer Props. It's also extremely subtle, and may not have even been done intentionally. But, it was a perfect inclusion by the show's editors.

Toward the end of the show, a drunken Johnny Drama is seen drinking even more airplane bottles of booze in the back seat of an SUV at the airport.

He's pretty much a hapless soul, drunk and distraught over losing his French paramour Jacqueline. On his sleeveless Hawaii T-shirt, if you look closely, there's a booze stain near his right pec.

Again, it's subtle, but so is Writer Props. Why give this props? Well, think about the last time you were drinking to numb the pain of life gone astray. Odds are, somewhere in between drinks 12 and 16, you looked down and saw the remnants of drinks 6-8 on your shirt.

Heck, I've got part of a coconut margarita on my Jets T-shirt right now.

I'm guessing there are quite a few women in Los Angeles, on college campuses across the nation, and in every city, town and community in the U.S. that are upset with the fellas around them this week.

See, the guess here is that every dude is out and about calling women "hozies" this week after hearing Johnny Drama invent the word in Episode 3.

A "hozie" is part ho' and part floozy, Drama explained.

It may not be the most non-male chauvinistic part of the show, but it's a pro-bro show and a classic Drama moment. And it has Writer Props written all over it.

In an episode loaded with guest stars and cameos -- Mark Wahlberg, Leighton Meester, Carla Gugino, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas -- I was particularly impressed with the old school touch provided by the appearance of Tony Bennett.

With some old-time Hollywood prima dogs, an appearance on a hip, young show such as "Entourage" can reek of forced attempts to remain relevant in a new world.

Not this time. Not with Bennett. All these years and those records, he's the man. Still.

Maybe it's the Italian in me, or maybe it's just a great call by the script writers and casting folks.

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